Molecular analysis of the sex-determining region of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus

Zebrafish

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-309

  Schultheis, Christina ^a   Zhou, Qingchun ^a,e   Froschauer, Alexander ^a,f   Nanda, Indrajit ^a   Selz, Yvonne ^a   Schmidt, Cornelia ^a   Matschl, Sabine ^a   Wenning, Marina ^a   Veith, Anne Marie ^a   Naciri, Mariam ^a,g   Hanel, Reinhold ^a,h   Braasch, Ingo ^a   Dettai, Agnès ^a,b   Böhne, Astrid ^a   Ozouf Costaz, Catherine ^b   Chilmonczyk, Stefan ^c   Ségurens, Béatrice ^d   Couloux, Arnaud ^d   Bernard Samain, Sylvie ^d   Schmid, Michael ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^a   Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^h GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 33750031243     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2006.3.299     Document Type: Article

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